Bug 45113 – utmp is not cleaned up if client quits improperly

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Bug 45113 - utmp is not cleaned up if client quits improperly

Summary:	utmp is not cleaned up if client quits improperly

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Product:	Red Hat Raw Hide
Classification:	Retired
Component:	openssh (Show other bugs)
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Version:	1.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Nalin Dahyabhai
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Reported:	2001-06-20 05:56 EDT by Olivier Baudron
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:38 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2001-08-16 14:22:28 EDT
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Description Olivier Baudron 2001-06-20 05:56:22 EDT

The problem is with openssh-server-2.9p1-3gss and 2.9p2.

To reproduce the bug:
* open an ssh2 session (e.g: ssh -l guest localhost)
* send SIGTERM to the xterm holding this session
* type "who" on the server and notice that the client pts/ is still there

So the ssh server improperly cleans /var/run/utmp.
The problem is that, it can completly messes up the logs on the system.
Also note, that if you quit the session with ALT-D, everything works fine.

Comment 1 Olivier Baudron 2001-08-16 14:22:24 EDT

This is fixed in openssh cvs.

Comment 2 Olivier Baudron 2001-11-14 09:56:35 EST

Now, fixed in openssh-3.0p1-1.

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